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N0.599,048. @Patented Peb.'15,1898;

THOMAS LoR-n vTURNER,for MoALnsTER, 4INDIANl TERRITORY, AssIGNo-R; or Ay, oNnnoURrn'ro wiLLiAMLEwIs, onKREBs, INDIAN 'rnRRrroRv.tv ,l

lcYcLer ,'srncIrIcATIoN fomjngpart` of 'Lettersratentiva 599,048, ratedAFebru'aryie, 189e..- Ajipnanoniea Jmn'y 23,1897. stanno-.62mm (Nonnen.)

To-gZZ whom it mayr concern: l

Beit known that I, THOMAS LORD TURNER, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Mc- Y Alest'er, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, 5 have,invented certain new and useful Imv, provem ents in Bicycles, of whichthe following isa full and complete specification, such as willVenablethose skilled i'n the art to which it appertainsto :makejiand usethe same. 1o' v This invention relates to bicycles'and similar vehicles5 and-the object thereof is to provide'an improved propelling mechanismfor vehicles ofthis class whereby the vehicle may l be propelled'at amaximum 4speed with-a mini- '15 ,mumapplication' of'p'ower'g' andwith'this and other objects' in view the invention consists K in thepropelling mechanism for vehicles of this class hereinafter describedand claimed.

Y In thedrawings forming part 'of this specizoication I haveshown-inyin-vention applied to a bicycle of the usual ferm, and theinvenf tion is' fully disclosed in the viollowin g specication, of whichthe accompanying drawings forma part, in whichV 2,5` 'Figure'l is asideview of a bicycle provided with my improvement; IFg. 2, a side vie'wofthe propelling mechanism' andshowing part 4 of the brake which AIemploy, and Fig. 3 al front view of the vehicleas shown in Fig. .1.

3o In Figs. l and v2 of the accompanying drawings Ihave shown a bicycleof the usual form,y the frame thereof being what is known as a "ldiamond frame, and the separate partsof 'y my improvement are designatedby the same 35 numerals of reference in each of the views,

and in the practice of my invention I securev to the drive-wheel 5 acircular gear. 6,!which is arranged co'centrically of the hub thereofand is or maybe secured to the'spokes of the 4o drive-wheel, and thehuhl'of Itheidriveawheel is provided' with'tffeusual-,sprockeewheel 7,

1 whiehjisgeared in connection with the 'usual sprocket-wheel@ on thepedal-shafthy a drivechain9."

45 1 The upright 'rod-10,".which eX-tendsfrom-the.

i supportjof the pedaleshaftto the seat-support, and the .tubular head1l, through which the upright rod ofthe forward fork, in which the pguide-wheel is mounted, passes, are provided 5.o `with keepers orhearings 12, in which is monntn, cda shaft 1 3, the rear en'd of whichis provided 'and the circular gear 16. It will .thus be seen abeveledgear-wheel 15, land I also provide a 5.5

horizontal shaft r16,Uwl1 i'eh is'mounted in a keeper or bearing 17securcdto or formed on y e the upper end of the tubular head 11, andanother keeper or bearing'lS, secured. to or' formed' -on the .upperhorizontal rod 1,'9, vand said shaft is provided n ear its outer en'dwith ,i

' a "beveled gear-wheel l20,'L which operates vin connection with'thebeveled gearwheel 15, and the shaft 16 is ,provided at its outer'end yvyc'itliaaf-wind-wheel 2.1.

Mounted on and secured to the shaft 1`3',rcar^ -wardly of lthe tubularhead 11,'is a .drum 22,

which is vof the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2,

the sides thereof being cutout or' concave I7o longitudinally, andpassing around'said drum' isa steel or other band 23, one end of whichissecured to the bottom rod 24 of the frame of the vehicle, 'as 'shown at25, and the other end thereof is connectedwvith a vertically-movable rod2G, which is mounted in keepers secured 7 5 to the vtubular head' 11,and provided at its upper end with a backwardiy-directed handle 27. Theoperation Will be readily understood from the foregoing description,when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings 8o and thefollowing statement thereof.

`,The vehicle 'is or may be propelled by the feet in the usual manner bymegs of the pcdals 28, and in the operation of e vehicle the airrevolves-thc wind-wheel 21, and this 'wind- 8`5 wheel revolves the shaft16. The shaft 16 re volves the shaft 13 by meansof the gear-Wheels 15and 20, and the shaft 1.3 revolves the'drive wheel by means of. thebeveled gear-wheel 14 0 thatfthe-Wind' oi" a'i itself is caused 'toaidin 9 n propelling the vehicle, and it will also be aparent that changesin and modifications of the construction herein described may' be madewithout departing lfrom the spirit of 4my 95 invention or sacrificing-tsadvantages. v

Whenever itis desired/to apply the brake it is yonly necessaryto pullupwardly onv the rod 26, this operation resulting in tightening the band23 on the drum 22, and as the shaft roo 13, on which said d'rum ismounted, is always revolving when the vehicle .is in motion it willv beapparent that the operationvof said band by meansof the rod 26 willconstitute a simple and eeetive brake.

The combination with a bicycle, provided with the usual` means forpropelling the same by the feet, of a eircnlar gemme:meetedevit'h`Vthe"drive'-"vvii'e'el eoncentrieally of the hub thereof, a shaftmounted longitudinally of the l frame, and provided at its rear end witha beveledvgear-wheel which `operates in connection with said circulargear, and at it's forward end lwith abeveled gear-wheel which operatesin oonneotionwith a beveled gear-Wheel mounted ona horizontal shaft,which is also supported by the frame, andwsaid horizontal shaft beingprovided at its forward end with a wind`- wheel, said first-named shaftbeing also provided with a drum, on which is wound a steel or otherband, one end of which is conne'eted with the frame, and the other witha vertically-movable rod whereby said band operates as abrakeksnbsiantilly aswshovvn and^ z5 In testimony that I claim the,foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence ofthesubscribing witnesses', this 13th day of January, 1897.

l THOMAS LORD TURNER.

Witnesses:

ESTHER NANCY STEWART, OLIVER MORRIS WILLIAMS.

